Hermann Bischoff Explained

Hermann Bischoff
Birth Date:	7 January 1868
Occupation:	Composer

Hermann Bischoff (7 January 1868 in Duisburg – 25 January 1936 in Berlin)^[1] was a German composer of classical music.

After leaving Leipzig to continue his first studies of music, he met Richard Strauss and fell in with his circle.^[2]

Bischoff's two symphonies have been recorded on the record label Classic Produktion Osnabrück, along with a 1926 Introduction und Rondo. His first symphony, dedicated to Strauss^[3] was performed (premiered?) in Essen on 24 May 1906, as part of the 42nd Tonkünstler-Festival, the same festival that saw the premiere of Gustav Mahler's Sixth Symphony.^[4]

Compositions

• Two symphonies
  • No. 1 in E major (published in 1906)^[5]
  • No. 2 in D minor (1910, premiered 1911, published 1914 by F.E.C. Leuckart)^{[6] [7]}
• Other works with Orchestra
  • Introduction and Rondo for Orchestra (1926)
• Various Songs with Piano (e.g. Op. 3, Op. 6, Op. 7, Op.15^[8]) and with Orchestral Accompaniment

References

• Web site: Scan of Bischoff's First Symphony. 2009-01-27. 2011-07-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20110718231556/http://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/0002/bsb00021729/images/. dead.

Notes and References

1. Web site: MusicSack. 1 October 2010.
2. Web site: Review of Recording of Bischoff's First Symphony. 2009-01-05. Cook. Paul. December 2006.
3. see Scan of symphony, p. 9.
4. The review refers to Bischoff as a pupil, not just an associate, of Strauss. The Musical Times, July 1, 1906: entitled "Book: The Forty-Second Tonkünstler-Festival of the General German Music Society, at Essen. 1906. 2009-01-09. " 47(761):486.
5. Reviewed, very poorly, in the New York Times when performed by the Boston Symphony in New York, under the direction of Karl Muck, in 1908. News: THE BOSTON SYMPHONY.; A New Symphony by Hermann Bischoff -- Mme. Carreno Plays. January 10, 1908. 2009-01-05 . The New York Times. The work only received its Boston premiere a month later, at the end of February 1908 - see . page 1205.
6. appears December 1914 Hofmeisters Monatsberichte, page 228.
7. https://repertoire-explorer.musikmph.de/wp-content/uploads/vorworte_prefaces/1729.html Preface by Jürgen Schaarwächter, 2015, for Musikproduktion München
8. op.15 - 25 neue Weisen zu Alten Liedern, published by Lauterbach & Kuhn - pub. 1902?, see HMB 1902, p.618- score does say copyright 1903, though, see BSB copy